Wisdom 13:1-9 / Luke 17:26-37
Human beings are certainly different from all other animals in many aspects.
But what makes human beings really different is that human beings have intellect and will.
With intelligence, human beings have been able to advance and progress in many areas like science and technology.
Yet where intelligence has been profound in leaps and bounds, the will of man seems to be sorely lacking behind.
The 1st reading ask this question: If man is capable of investigating the world, how have they been so slow to find its Master?
The 1st reading said that naturally stupid are all men who have not known God.
But that kind of stupidity is not about intelligence but about the will. It is essentially the matter of the heart.
Because Psalm 14 has this: The fool has said in his heart - there is no God above. Their deeds are corrupt and depraved.
We are certainly no fools and neither are we stupid. And we certainly believe that there is a God above.
Yet to believe means also to want to love God and also to love neighbour.
Jesus has revealed to us how much God loves us when He was nailed to the cross for our sins.
We know it. We even believe in it. Yet we must also live out that love in our lives. We must will it.
For all our intelligence, if we have no love, then we are really stupid fools.
May this Eucharist increase our love for God and for others.